The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-23
PYE VERSUS PYE.
A Habit Easy to Acquire and Diff
cult to Shake off.

A very queer case-that of Pye versus
Pye-was called in New York court.
It was a divorce suit, and the evidence
went to show the kissing habit is very
easy to acquire and more difficult to
shake off than the opium or cocoaine
habit.
From the evidence it appears that
Mr.. Tompkins, one of the boarders at
the Pye mansion, drifted into the habit
of kissing Mrs. Pye. In fact, it is very
little exaggerstion to say that be became
chronic Pye bitter. They became so
brazen that their kisses were suggestive
of the ringing of patent gong. In the
Pye family the kissing seems to. have
been almost as persistent and promis-
cuous as that of which the witnesses
testified in the Beecher cese.
Mr.. Dempsey, who boarded at the Pye
house, was put on the stand and e1-
amined by lawyer.
Lawyer-Did you ever see Tompkins
kiss Mrs. Pye?
WitnessILots of times; and when I
didn't see him heard him. There was
a plaintive sobbing gurgle about it that
reminded one of the exhaust of bath
tub. 1t could be heard all over the
house.
Lawyer-Did she not resist his kisses
Witness-Not precisely; but she set
her face very strong against it-that is
against his moustache. saw her time
and again.
Lawyer-Where did he kiss her?
Witness-Anywhere and everywhere;
on the stairs, in the hall, in the dining
room. at his leisure, on the cheek. but
usually square in the mouth.
Lawyer-Was Mr.. Pye present when
the kissing took place?
Witness-He was present occasionally,
but he was not accounted for much. MIS-.
Pye was always present when the kiss
ing took place. Don't remember OF her
having been kissed single time when
she was not present.
Lawyer-Did Mr.. Pye object?
Witness-Tompkins never tried TO kiss
him.
lawyer mean did Mr.. Pye object
to Tompkins kissing his wife?
Wltness-Tompkins didn't have any
wife to kiss. He kissed Mr.. Pye's wife,
but / expect if Tompkins had had a
wife she would have objected. They
often do.
Lawyer-May it please the court, this
witness is showinga disposition to trife
with the court.
Court-The witness viii answer the
questions.
Witness-I am answering she ques-
tons, but the attorney Is questioning
the answers.
Lawyer When did Tompkins Kiss
Mrs. Pye?
Witness-Whenever he had chance,
INT noticed he didn't kiss her when
he was down town. The only time
when he didn't kiss her was when b
was not there.
Lawyer-Who did kiss her then ?.
Witness did. l liked her little
myself.
not MIR. Pye object to you kissing his
wife?
didn't object to his kissing Aer, why
should he object to my kissing her?
There was nothing Objectionable about
it; it was a mere friendly SALVATION.
Lawyer-Did you ever see Mrs. Eye
kiss Mr.. Pye?
Witness-No, but she may have done
so when none of Us boarders were
around. She is sly piece.
Lawyer-How did you come 10 KISS
Mrs. Pye?
'Witness-Put my arm around her
neck and kissed her in The usual way.
LaWyer-Did she ask you to do so?
Witness-WeIl. noticed that no mat
ter how many times she and Tompklns
kissed before he went out, that she
never got enough 10 last until ne came
back, for as be opened the door they
were at it again; so when he was away
J. kissed her more as matter OF &C
commodation than anything else.
LaWyer-Where was Mr. rye!
| Witness-0, he xas nowhere.
Lawyer-Thst's enough. You can
I step down.